In the name of God Amen I Howell Howell the elder of the parish of Lanover in the County of Monmouth yeoman being in health of body but of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding praised be to God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner following (that is to say) I give and devise all that messuage or tenement and outhouses together with the several pieces or parcels of land thereto belonging now in my own occupation situate lying and being in the said parish of Lanover in the said County of Monmouth containing by estimation fourteen acres (more or less) to my daughter Ann Howell her heirs and assigns for ever subject to the payment of one hundred and sixty five pounds and interest due and secured thereon by mortgage. I also give and devise all those several pieces or parcels of land called by the name of Gworlod y fynnon and Disculvach situate in the said parish of Lanover in the said County of Monmouthshire containing by estimation eighty five acres (more or less) to my son Howell Howell his heirs and assigns for ever. I also give and bequeath to my said daughter Ann Howell all my goods chattels personal estate and effects of what nature or kind soever. And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said daughter Ann Howell sole executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all and every other will and wills at any time heretofore by me made and do declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. The mark of Howell Howell.
Signed sealed declared and published by the above named Howell Howell the elder as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. Chas Blount; John Williams; John Phillips (clerks to Messes McDonnell & Mostyn, Usk.
5th day of December 1823 Ann Howell spinster, the lawful daughter of the deceased and the sole executrix named in this will was duly sworn as such, and that the goods chattels and credits of the deceased are under the value of one hundred pounds, before me Benjamin Hall, Chancellor
Diocese of Llandaff, In the Consistory Court, In the goods of Howell Howell the elder deceased.
Appeared personally Ann Howell of the parish of Lanover in the County of Monmouth, spinster, the sole executrix named in the last Will and Testament of the said Howell Howell the elder late of the parish of Lanover in the said County yeoman deceased, who died on the twelfth day of October last and made Oath that the Estate and Effects of the said deceased, for and in respect of which, a probate of the said Will is to be granted, exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee for any other person or persons, and not beneficially, and without deducting any thing on account of the Debts due and owing from the said deceased, are under the Value of one hundred pounds, to the best of this Deponent’s knowledge, information, and belief. And he lastly made Oath that the said deceased did not die possessed of any Leasehold Estate or Estates for years, either absolute or determinable, on a life or lives to the best of this Deponent’s knowledge, information and belief. The mark of Ann Howell
Sworn on the fifth day of December 1823 before me, Benjamin Hall, Chancellor Surrogate
Transcribed from a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales
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